For three days in july, 1863, the union and confederate armies faced off in gettysburg, pennsylvania. One of the most decisive battles of the civil war. Next on american artifacts, we visit confederate general robert e. Lees gettysburg headquarters. The Civil War Trust, a nonprofit organization, purchased the house and surrounding land in 2015. We talk with Jim Lighthizer and Garry Adelman of the trust about the propertys history and restoration. This house is significant to the battle of gettysburg, one of the most, if not the most important battle of the whole civil war because it was the epicenter of the confederate effort. This is the headquarters. This is where robert e. Lee was. This is the building in which he made crucial decisions during the course of those three days of that battle that literally determined the outcome of the battle. This property, when we bought it, looks nothing like it does right now. It was a Hotel Complex with a brew pub restaurant attached to it. So it
Slaveholding capital pennsylvania from the 1770s on until almost the 1820s and 1830s. Even though it was abolished in a gradual abolition act by the state it still lingered in this local area which was very close to maryland and had more southern ties. It made the area very distinct from the rest of the state as time went on this area transitioned from a slaveholding capital to one of the greatest places on the underground railroad because of geography and the people who lived here. It was on the weight almost distinct. This area which is west was settled more recently. Slavery have taken root here therefore a lot of the owners did not feel that it was at their best interest to make a change they continued and persisted in this. It was the first state to pass a legislative abolition of slavery. That was passed by the legislature in philadelphia. All slaves born the only people would would be free would be those born after the passage. In that day and age the average would be 40 years o
South central pennsylvania. I have always been interested in the local history and particularly with the involvement of slavery in this area of pennsylvania. We often think of slavery as a southern institution. In my research i found this area of pennsylvania i called southcentral pennsylvania which is cumberland, franklin, york and adams counties was the slaveholding capital of pennsylvania from the 1770s on until almost the 1820s and 1830s and even though slavery was abolished in a gradual abolition act by the state in 1780, it still lingered in this local area which was very close to maryland, closer to southern markets and more southern ties and it made this area very distinct from the rest of the state what we tend to think of is east of here in the philadelphia area. I thought that was interesting and as time went on this area transition from a slaveholding capital to one of the greatest and most frequent places on the underground railroad because of the geography and the people
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E lees quarters. A Nonprofit Organization purchase the house and surrounding land in 2015. Of the with jim and gary trust about the properties history and restoration. This house is significant to the battle of gettysburg. One of the most, if not the most important battle of the civil war. It was the epicenter of the confederate effort. This is where robert e lee was. Hes was a building in which made crucial decisions during the course of those three fate three days of that battle. It literally determined the outcome of the battle. This property, when we bought it, looks nothing like it does right now. It was a Hotel Complex with a restaurant at 10 attached to it. Envision a 40 or 50 room 1950s style motel, with a restaurant saloon at hatch to it. All surrounding this building was i am standing in, it lees headquarters. His headquarters were hated and in plain sight. What we did to restore this site was get rid of the 20th century. That was to tear down and move out all of the debris t